Who is this man?

By Miss Cellania in Art on Jul 19, 2009 at 8:43 am

In August of 1985, Ebony magazine printed an article called Portraits of the Stars: What They May Look Like In The Year 2000. The magazine commissioned Chicago artist Nathan Wright to create the pictures. One of the celebrities is a handsome man that looks vaguely familiar.

Michael Jackson: At 40, he will have aged gracefully and will have a handsome, more mature look. In number, his fans will have grown tenfold by the year 2000.

There’s something to be said for aging gracefully. Link -via J-Walk Blog

Tags: Ebony, Michael Jackson

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Matt
Jul 19th, 2009 at 10:33 am
Geez, He looks more like Lionel Ritchie than Michael Jackson.
seb
Jul 19th, 2009 at 10:45 am
This was supposed to be during the thriller time period. Unknowing of the plastic surgery and skin damage he would have later in life.
ted
Jul 19th, 2009 at 11:04 am
Yeah, I would have said Lionel Ritchie.
Love the futuristic 80′s outfit.
wickethewok
Jul 19th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Lando Calrissian, is that you?
Kalel
Jul 19th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
Isn’t Jheri Curl illegal now?
Him
Jul 19th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
I was thinking just that wicket
alice
Jul 19th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
that is so sad! he really would have been a gorgeous 50 year old man if things hadn’t gone so wrong.
eni
Jul 19th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
This got me all choked up
Frau
Jul 19th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
Lando.
I always said he should have stopped with the first nose job. He would have looked good.
I think the image back then was based on what his father looked like.
Chuck
Jul 19th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
Here’s another version, from last year:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1050082/As-turns-50-Micha el-Jackson-really-look-like.html
emmiline valentine
Jul 19th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
wow. that was really, really sad.
Video Game Dork
Jul 20th, 2009 at 5:54 am
I heard somewhere in the media blizt recently that a ‘desire to NOT look like his father’ is what motivated MJ to get so much plastic surgery.

So perhaps it was all Ebony’s fault? Hmm..
Guest
Jul 20th, 2009 at 5:57 am
Def Lando!
gurnorg
Jul 20th, 2009 at 8:06 am
MJ would it have been so bad to look like a very attractive Chuck Berry?
nxsus6
Jul 20th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
EL DEBARGE!
Cano
Jul 20th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
That’s Billy D. Williams!!!
Chestna
Aug 22nd, 2009 at 5:52 am
I remember reading that article when I was a little girl! Yes, I had a crush on MJ at the time. I wish I could see again all the other celebrities that were featured.

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